Theoretical physicist, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Isaak Khalatnikov died on January 9 at the age of 102. This was reported to RBC in the press service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Khalatnikov was a graduate student of Lev Landau, with whom, as indicated on the RAS website, he created the theory of quantum liquids. Other areas of Khalatnikov's work were quantum field theory, relativistic astrophysics.

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has extended and expanded the missions of the InSight probe (studies Mars) and the Juno interplanetary station (Juno, explores Jupiter). This was reported on the NASA website. The work of InSight is being extended until 2022 (it was assumed that the device that landed on Mars in 2018 would work for two years). InSight's expanded mission will be to create a long-term, high-quality seismological data set for Mars, NASA said.

The Clean Urdoma initiative group announced that it had ended the protest due to the construction of a landfill at the Shies station in the Arkhangelsk region. This was reported in the activists' public page on VKontakte. As follows from the post, the initiative group "unanimously decided to recognize the demolition of the waste landfill as irreversible." "Clean Urdoma" will not interfere with "remediation (restoring order) on the territory of Shiyes," the statement said.

The online retailer Wildberries recorded an increase in demand for felt boots, galoshes and fur coats in the first week of 2021. This is reported by TASS with reference to the company. “From January 1 to January 7, compared to the same period last year, sales of felt boots and galoshes increased 1.6 times in pieces,” the agency cites the retailer’s calculations.

When Covid is treated without hospitalization (and this can be done in most cases), in Russia, unfortunately, drugs that are not proven effective are usually prescribed. And in general, getting sick can be quite alarming: after all, severe cases occur with Covid more often than with ARVI. Therefore, some people try to call an ambulance even with a mild illness.

Actress Liya Akhedzhakova was hospitalized with a coronavirus infection. This was reported to TASS by its representative Yefim Spektor. “She has been in the city hospital for the third day. She was hospitalized after a positive result for coronavirus, ”Spektor said, specifying that Akhedzhakova is in a regular, not an intensive care unit. “She is holding up normally,” the TASS interlocutor added. Updated .

Fajrin Raharjo / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Crisis Center at the Japarta Airport In Indonesia, the Boeing 737-500 Airlines crashed Sriwijaya Air. On board there were 62 people: 50 passengers, including ten children, as well as 12 crew members, CNN Indonesia television company said , citing the Ministry of Transport of Indonesia. The liner, which executed the SJ182 flight, was headed by Pontianak, the administrative center of the Indonesian province of the West Kalimantan.

Updated. The Indonesian transport minister confirmed that flight SJ-182 crashed into the waters of the Java Sea. The Boeing 737-500 of the Indonesian Sriwijaya Air disappeared from radar after taking off from Jakarta and most likely crashed into the sea, TASS reports citing the Xinhua news agency. The airline operated domestic flight SJ182 from Jakarta to Pontianak. According to Bloomberg, there were 62 people on board. According to CNN, the liner crashed in the Thousand Islands archipelago.

At the same time, the largest platforms began an unprecedented campaign to block its supporters Patrick T. Fallon / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta American online services and social networks began to block the accounts of US President Donald Trump and his supporters, as well as limit the content associated with riots in Washington on January 6, 2021. According to Axios, by January 9, more than a dozen platforms announced various “Trump” restrictions.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. After a defeat in the election, Trump could take revenge in 2024. But the assault on the Capitol buried everything. We are talking about Trump and Trumpists with Konstantin Sonin On January 6, supporters of US President Donald Trump captured Capitol in the capital of the United States Washington. Protesters for several hours tore a meeting at which members of the Senate and Congress approved the results of the presidential election.

Seven really important events that have left unnoticed by coronavirus For obvious reasons, the first stripes of all world publications in 2020 were occupied by only one topic. But even Coronavirus could not completely brake all wars, diplomacy, scientific and economic breakthroughs. In many countries, there were a lot of important events, which in 2021 will surely influence entire regions and even on the whole world.

Three people died in an avalanche at the Gora Otdelnaya ski resort in the suburbs of Norilsk, Interfax reports with reference to the UK in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A man, a 38-year-old woman and her one and a half year old child died, according to the department, cited by the agency. Under the snow, rescuers found a 14-year-old teenager who was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. TASS adds that another person got out from under the snow on their own.

Medusa tested MacBook Pro for a month. And this is what we can say about this Apple Apple in 2020 released a mountain of new products - phones, tablets, computers and headphones. At the same time, one of the most revolutionary decisions of the company for users is almost imperceptible: the first poppies working on their own Apple chip, which is called M1, appeared.

The Russian authorities activated ‘turbo mode’ last year and public politics is now all but dead Friday, January 8, 2021 Russian lawmakers rush to tighten legislation ahead of the 2021 State Duma elections How the Kremlin canceled public politics in 2020 News briefs: Tinkov family relinquishes control over TCS Group Feature stories 🗳️ Making life difficult (3,140 words) In the lead up to the close of the State Duma’s fall 2020 session on December 24, Russian lawmakers were working in “turbo

The personal account of the current US President Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump has been permanently banned from Twitter due to a high risk of further incitement to violence. This is stated in a company blog post published on the evening of January 8, 2021 Washington time. After carefully reviewing @realDonaldTrump's recent tweets and the context in which they were posted, we have decided to permanently ban this account due to the risk of further incitement to violence.